Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 20 — National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
§ 1051. Authorization of Administrator of General Services
Statutory text
Planning, construction, and maintenance of Center and Aquarium
The Administrator of General Services (hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”) is authorized to plan, construct, and maintain a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in the District of Columbia or its vicinity for research in fisheries and for the display of fresh water and marine fishes and other aquatic resources for educational, recreational, cultural, and scientific purposes.
Use, purchase, lease, etc. of Federal lands
The Administrator is further authorized to use Federal land and property for purposes of this chapter with the consent of the particular agency having administrative jurisdiction thereover, and, if said property is unavailable for purposes hereof, he may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire such lands, waters, and interests therein, as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 87–758 § 1 · 76 Stat. 752
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1051
(Pub. L. 87–758, § 1, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–758, § 1, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. authorization for national fisheries center and aquarium (a) The Administrator of General Services (hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”) is hereby authorized to plan, construct, and maintain a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in the District of Columbia or its vicinity for research in fisheries and for the display of fresh water and marine fishes and other aquatic resources for educational, recreational, cultural, and scientific purposes. (b) The Administrator is further authorized to use Federal land and property for purposes of this Act with the consent of the particular agency having administrative jurisdiction thereover, and, if said property is unavailable for purposes hereof, he may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire such lands, waters, and interests therein, as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
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